If $\mathrm{w}=\frac{\mathrm{z}}{\mathrm{z}-\frac{1}{3} \mathrm{i}}$ and $|\mathrm{w}|=1,…

If $\mathrm{w}=\frac{\mathrm{z}}{\mathrm{z}-\frac{1}{3} \mathrm{i}}$ and $|\mathrm{w}|=1, \mathrm{i}=\sqrt{-1}$, then $\mathrm{z}$ lies on
  1. circle.
  2. line.
  3. parabola.
  4. ellipse.

Solution

$\begin{aligned} & w=\frac{z}{z-\frac{1}{3} i} \\ & \Rightarrow w=\frac{3 z}{3 z-i} \end{aligned}$ Applying mod on both sides, we get $\begin{aligned} & |w|=\frac{3|z|}{|3 z-i|} \\ & \Rightarrow 3|z|=|3 z-i| \quad \ldots[|w|=1] \end{aligned}$ Consider $\mathrm{z}=\mathrm{a}+\mathrm{ib}$ $\begin{aligned} & \Rightarrow 3|a+i b|=|3 a+3 i b-i| \\ & \Rightarrow 3|a+i b|=|3 a+(3 b-1) i| \\ & \Rightarrow 3\left(\sqrt{a^2+b^2}\right)=\left(\sqrt{9 a^2+(3 b-1)^2}\right) \\ & \Rightarrow 9 a^2+9 b^2=9 a^2+9 b^2-6 b+1 \\ & \Rightarrow 6 b-1=0 \end{aligned}$ $\therefore \quad$ The above equation represents a straight line.

Asked in: MHT CET 2023 (10 May Shift 1)

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